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salad days; Were the seeds of female liberation sown in the kitchen.
Byline: Betty Fussell
At five o'clock on November 1, 1949, we welcomed guests to our first cocktail party in the slum apartment we called home on Huntington Avenue, across from the Mechanics' Institute in Boston, just one year before Norman Parkinson took this photo of the new American housewife. Cocktail parties were why you got married, so you could join the couples club. If you were a couple, you were somebody; otherwise, not. For this occasion I had bought (I usually made my own clothes) a blue satin cocktail dress in Filene's Basement to introduce myself to my new husband's friends, mostly couples, at Harvard Graduate School. This was my coming-out party to ...
- New life for McCardell. (Claire McCardell designs for women's sportswear)(Brief...
- Magazine article from: WWD D'Innocenzio, Anne August 30, 1995 700+ words
NEW YORK -- The Claire McCardell label is making a comeback. McCardell, who died in 1958, was...label will be sold to specialty stores and department stores. "We wanted a label that was highly recognizable," said Bruce Kaner, president...
- CLAIRE MCCARDELL; A DISCOURSE ON DESIGNING FOR ONESELF.(Brief...
- Magazine article from: WWD Wulbern, Helen September 13, 1999 700+ words
...costumes she has turned out. Stripes and unpressed pleats are her passion, the monastic dress her biggest success and Claire McCardell her name. Many of you must have met her during her many years at Townley Frocks, or later at Hattie Carnegie's, for...
- Demise of typewriter piques collectors' search for rare models; CURRENT PRICES...
- Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel RALPH AND TERRY KOVEL December 29, 1996 700+ words
With typewriters virtually replaced by computers now, some collectors are now searching for old and rare examples that explain the history and evolution of the typewriter. The first successful production typewriter in the world was made in 1874 by E. Remington & Sons Co. of Ilion, N.Y. By that time
- FABULOUS FORTIES FASHIONS HAVE THEIR DAY.
- Magazine article from: WWD March 24, 2005 700+ words
...hugging wool swimsuits by Claire McCardell made without any undergarments...to choose the designs each wanted. "We both wanted the Norell, and her family...about." Caption(s): Claire McCardell Popover dress, 1948, by...
- BEENE WALKS WALK AND TALKS SOME TALK.(Geoffrey Beene honored)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: WWD Wilson, Eric June 7, 2000 700+ words
...everything else." Blass had eagerly wanted to attend the ceremony, but because...Rudi Gernreich, Halston, Claire McCardell and Norman Norell. Over the next...apologies for Blass's absence. "He wanted me to tell you that wild horses...
- PORTRAIT GALLERY.(quotations from influential people throughout history of...
- Magazine article from: WWD July 16, 2001 700+ words
...worked out that way." -- Claire McCardell, November 1940 "The drama...Hermes, May 1974 "I never wanted to be a fashion designer...people would ask me what I wanted to do, I said I wanted to be a costume designer on...
- DESIGNER JEANNE S. CAMPBELL, PROMINENT IN FIFTIES FASHION.(Obituary)
- Magazine article from: WWD Wilson, Eric July 30, 2002 700+ words
...names like Bonnie Cashin and Claire McCardell, died last Wednesday of complications...grown up in Pittsburgh and wanted to be a fashion designer since...ceiling herself. She never wanted to grow old, and even had...big hit. She knew what she wanted and she was determined to...
- ERES MAKES ITS MOVE INTO LINGERIE.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: WWD Monget, Karyn Weisman, Katherine January 10, 2000 700+ words
...noted that she had always wanted to create a lingerie collection...special, luxurious finishes. I wanted to find the elegance of the...lingerie, Leroux noted that she wanted to convey an image of "apparel...inspired by American designers Claire McCardell and Rudi Gernrich, was ...